State legislators get re-elected without opposition

Election Day isn't until November 4, but on Friday candidates around the state were re-elected to the state legislature.

June 20 at noon marked the end of the qualifying period for candidates to officially be on the August or November ballots. Many members of the state legislature were re-elected without opposition because no other candidates in their races qualified for the ballot.

Approximately 1/4 of the Florida Senate and 1/3 of the Florida House of Representatives were re-elected without opposition.

Congratulations to the pro-equality legislators who were re-elected on Friday. Equality Florida looks forward to working with all legislators in the next legislative session to make our state a more fair place for LGBT people. Below is a list of the lawmakers who won.

Florida State Senate

SD 2- Greg Evers (R)

SD 4- Aaron Bean (R)

SD 8- Dorothy Hukill (R)

SD 18- Wilton Simpson (R)

SD 26- Bill Galvano (R)

SD 28- Nancy Detert (R)

SD 38- Rene Garcia (R)

SD 40- Miquel Diaz de la Portilla (R)

Florida House

HD 4- Matt Gaetz (R)

HD 7- Halsey Beshears (R)

HD 14- Mia Jones (D)

HD 19- Charles Van Zant (R) * Rep. Van Zant is not a friend of Equality. For more on his previous homophobic comments, click here.